Two million-dollar prizes are hiding somewhere in Florida right now — and there's only a sliver of tickets left to find them.
The SCORCHING HOT 7s scratch ticket has burned through 94% of its inventory, but half of the $2,000,000 jackpots survived. Two massive prizes in roughly 6% of remaining tickets.
The Situation
Here's what makes this $10 ticket so hot right now:
- 2 jackpots of $2,000,000 remain — out of 4 original prizes
- 94% of tickets already sold — the game is nearly exhausted
- Your jackpot odds have dramatically improved — half the big prizes in a tiny fraction of tickets
This is late-game lottery math at its finest. When SCORCHING HOT 7s launched, four $2 million prizes were scattered across millions of tickets. Now two of them are somewhere in the last 6%. The hunt just got a lot more interesting.
What the Numbers Say
We track expected value (EV) on every scratch ticket — basically, how much you'd get back on average per dollar spent. Most scratchers return 60-75 cents on the dollar. The house always wins, right?
Not this time. SCORCHING HOT 7s is at 107.4% EV. For every $10 you spend, you'd get back $10.74 on average. That's positive expected value — something that almost never happens with lottery tickets.
Among the 1,200+ tickets we track across 17 states, this ranks #4 in the country. For a $10 ticket, it's the best value in America right now.
The Reality Check
Positive EV is about averages, not guarantees. Most individual tickets are still losers. But the total remaining prize pool exceeds the total cost of remaining tickets — which is rare. If you're buying a $10 scratcher anywhere in the US, the math says this is your best shot.
Only play with money you can afford to lose. Better odds doesn't mean certain wins.
The Clock Is Ticking
With 94% of tickets already sold, SCORCHING HOT 7s is in its final days. The moment someone claims one of those two remaining jackpots, the EV drops significantly. Both jackpots gone? Game over — literally.
We pull fresh data from the Florida Lottery every day. Check our Florida page to see if those jackpots are still out there before you buy.
How We Find These
This is what ScratchJack does — we crunch the numbers on every active scratch ticket across 17 states, every single day, looking for games where the odds have shifted toward players.
SCORCHING HOT 7s won't be positive EV forever. But right now, in this moment, the math is on your side. And when we find situations like this, we share them.